Comments on: Dark beer http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/24/dark-beer/ While life is not all about beer, beer is all about life. This blog is about beer and life. Mon, 12 May 2008 09:06:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ron http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/24/dark-beer/#comment-8729 Ron Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:19:21 +0000 http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/24/dark-beer/#comment-8729 Elaine, thanks for the informative comments. I've always known about alewives, but wondered when they left the brewing side. 'Tis unfortunate, but that seems to be turning around. (at least they never stopped baking!) PS Hey Jasmine, you stole my thunder in the the series I am writing about alcohol and calories in beer! j/k - thanks for writing. Elaine, thanks for the informative comments. I’ve always known about alewives, but wondered when they left the brewing side. ‘Tis unfortunate, but that seems to be turning around. (at least they never stopped baking!)

PS Hey Jasmine, you stole my thunder in the the series I am writing about alcohol and calories in beer! j/k - thanks for writing.

]]> By: Elaine Saunders http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/24/dark-beer/#comment-8719 Elaine Saunders Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:32:51 +0000 http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/24/dark-beer/#comment-8719 Men weren't always the dominant force in brewing in the UK. When the Brewers Livery Company was formed in England in the 15th Century, the trade was dominated by women. Brewing was considered akin to breadmaking so women brewed all the ale for their families at a time when it was safer to drink beer than water. The successful alewives sold their surplus locally, set up their own inns and even progressed to owning large breweries. As inns run by brewster-wives had more home comforts and medical attention available, they were well patronised. Predictably, an industry that placed women in positions of power gathered its share of disapproval. In Scotland at least, laws were passed to prevent women working in alehouses but, although they were largely ignored, by the 16th Century women had lost their hold on the brewery trade, and would not play a large part again until the First World War when they began replacing the male workforce. Elaine Saunders Author: A Book About Pub Names Men weren’t always the dominant force in brewing in the UK. When the Brewers Livery Company was formed in England in the 15th Century, the trade was dominated by women. Brewing was considered akin to breadmaking so women brewed all the ale for their families at a time when it was safer to drink beer than water. The successful alewives sold their surplus locally, set up their own inns and even progressed to owning large breweries. As inns run by brewster-wives had more home comforts and medical attention available, they were well patronised.

Predictably, an industry that placed women in positions of power gathered its share of disapproval. In Scotland at least, laws were passed to prevent women working in alehouses but, although they were largely ignored, by the 16th Century women had lost their hold on the brewery trade, and would not play a large part again until the First World War when they began replacing the male workforce.

Elaine Saunders
Author: A Book About Pub Names

]]> By: Max http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/24/dark-beer/#comment-8691 Max Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:15:22 +0000 http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/24/dark-beer/#comment-8691 Al wrote an article a while back on one we all rather enjoyed - Young’s Double Chocolate Stout http://hop-talk.com/2007/01/28/youngs-double-chocolate-stout/ My wife who normally wouldn't drink a dark beer loves it. Al wrote an article a while back on one we all rather enjoyed - Young’s Double Chocolate Stout

http://hop-talk.com/2007/01/28/youngs-double-chocolate-stout/

My wife who normally wouldn’t drink a dark beer loves it.

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